Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-10-20

houn circuits decision Of case of Emily l..
King against VIM. Merritt settles disputed
title to Gen. Cows estate, which has In
trials involved several hundred thousand
dollars.
Houngton county, with a population of
22, 900 people, has only 22 paupers In the
poorhOuse, which number includes men,
women, children and babies. OF the
above number 10 are old men over go
years OF age.
John Edward and Thomas Hamilton of
Tittabawassee township, Saginaw county
who were arrested for burning the
barn of William Hackett, have been ac-
quilted. The evidence against them was
purely circumstantial.
Dredging has been commenced upon
the Caseville harbOr, and when finished in
the spring line of boats to connect with
the Pontiac, Oxford IL Port Austin rail
road will he run from that place to Tawas
City across Saginaw Bay.
Veterans company b, Thirteenth regi-
ment, met at Grand Rapids October IL.
Grand Rapids; vice, ii. III. Nash, Grand
Rapids; James Miller Ganges. Next
meeting also at Grand Rapids,
August Towner, Lake county pioneer,
and veteran of the rebellion, accidental
ly shot and killed himself the other day.
lie was out hunting and In climbing
fence drew his gun by the muzzle, sending
the bullet through his body causing in
slant death.
Albert Frazer who was sent from st.
Clair In 1861, for Is years for criminal
assault, escaped in 1872. Frazer was
found at st. Clair on the 18th inst. and
returned to Jackson. lie claims that his
sentence expired 10 years ago. and will
make legal fight for his liberty.
A reunion of ex-prisoners of war took
place in Owosso on the 18th inst. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, w. III. Beesley,
Ithaca; vice-presdent l.. c. Mead, Ovid;
second vice-president, l.. j. Barnard,
Ithaca; chaplain, j. S. Preston, Lyons.
The next meeting will be held Ithaca.
Sheriff Mertz of Crow Wing county,
Mimi, arrested and took with him on
requisition from the governor, James o.
Bentley for horse stealing at Brainard,
Mimi, year ago. Bentley left his girl
in Minnesota and another fellow wrote
letters for her to him and Bentley replied
to the letters. BY this scheme Sheriff
Metz located Bentley.
For several weeks past gang of cattle
thieves has been operating through Mus
kegon county, and the other morning at
an early hour Deputy Sheriff Thompson
of Holton, with posse, nailed the gang
in Bear swamp near North Muskegon.
One of them was recognized by the sheriff
as one of the Ludington cattle thieves,
who broke jail at Ludington some time
ago.
Boston Gibbs is an eccentric old man
living on a lonely road about six miles
from Kalamazoo. Three masked men
came to his place the other night and
forced the old man to tell where his
money was hidden. The robbers secured
S1O5 in money and s776 in checks, and
then drove rapidly away. The sheriff
was at once notified, and is now working
on the case.
James Stewart of Hudson, has been
held for trial on the charge of completely
in the Hall murder case. Halls remains
were found in the ruins of an old build
ing which was burned there a short time
ago. 1t was at first thought he had gone
to sleep in the building and was burned
to death, but bruises about the head led
to the arrest of Stewart, who was last
seen with Hall.
The following delegates have been APP
pointed to represent Michigan at the
national farmers congress at Chicago,
commencing Nov. 10: Geo. A. Russell,
Branch; Andrew Campbell. Washtenaw;
Philo Parsons, Wayne; ii. ID. Plat,
Washtenaw; Ames G. Town, Barry; Jason
Woodman. Van Buren,; III. Gaylord Holt.
Kent &. M. Trowbridge, Oakland; III. c.
Sherwood, Berrien.
An epidemic of scarlet fever is raging
at Sutton Bay. The disease was brought
there ly Norwegian family which had
crossed the ocean in the steamship Ohio,
and come directly to Sutton's Bay. One
child was i'll with the. disease when the
family arrived. Several per, ons on ship
board died of the disease, yet, nothing
was done to quarantine the vessel or keep
the people from coming ashore.
The second annual reunion of the First
Michigan engineers and mechanics of the
late war was held in Representative hall
in Lansing on the 18th inst. Over 200
members of the regiment were present.
The officers elected were: President,
VIM. T.. 1nness, Grand Rapids; vice-presi-
dent, Garrett Manning Talahoma, Tenn. !;
secretary, Fayette Wyckoh, East Sagi-
nav; treasurer, Geo. j. Foster, Lansing.
The 22d annual reunion of the Twentieth
Michigan Infantry was held In Charlotte
Oct. IL. The next place of meeting was
made Ypsilanti, and the following officers
were elected: President, A. A. Van Cleve,
Ypsilanti; first vice-president, Oscar Love-
land, Milan; secretary and treasurer, G.
S. Wirtly, Ypsilanti; orator, X. L. Man
ning with G. L. Green alternate; execu-
tive committee, T. Il. McCullum, John
Wise, Henry Laferage, Preston Skinner,
Isaac Saverny and III. G. Packard.
In accordance with act No. 232 of the
last legislature Messrs. g. f. Steele of
Traverse City, president of the Michigan
engineering society, Frank Hodgman of
Climax, secretary, J. j. Watkins of La
peer, ii. G. Pearson, Ferrysburg, VIM.
Appleton. Lansing, w. ii. Bailey,
Dimondale, Profs. j. b. Davis and M. f.
Cooley of Ann Arbor, and Profs. X. G.
Carpenter and l.. g. Carpenter, of the
Agricultural college, have made out ar
ticles of incorporation for the Michigan
engineering so 'iety.
Seventy-two survivors of the First
Michigan sharpshooters met in an
nual session In the senate chamber in
Lansing on the 18th inst, and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, +. j. Buckbee, Chicago; first
vice president, Geo. Stone Lansing; Sec
ond vice president, Joseph Stevens, Buff
falo; secretary. X. w. Noyes, Lansing,
and orator, Frank Whipple, Grand Rap
ids. A banquet was held in the evening.
The next meeting will be held in Grand
Rapids on the second Wednesday I'm Oc-
tober, 1883.
Tho Waterways Convention.